Stormé DeLarverie
Stormé DeLarverie 1920 – 2014. Known as the Rosa Parks of the gay community. Credited with leading the uprising at Stonewall in 1969.
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Angelica Ross
Angelica Ross born 1980. In 2014 she became the founder and CEO of TransTech Social Enterprises, a firm that helps employ transgender people in the tech industry.
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BLK first Black and gay publication from 1988 – 1994.
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Don Hogan Charles first Black photographer hired by The New York Times.
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Cardinal Divas in 2022 became USC’s first all Black majorette team.
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Harlem Hellfighters all-Black National Guard unit that fought in WWI and were the first unit to cross the Rhine into Germany.
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“Uncle Nearest”, first Black Owned Whiskey brand.
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Nathan “Nearest” Green 1820-1880. First Black master distiller on record in the United States. Taught Jack Daniel how to distill his whiskey.
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“Black Wall Street” was in Greenwood, Oklahoma, a suburb of Tulsa. The affluent town aka “Little Africa” was destroyed in 1921 during the “Tulsa Race Massacre”
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Hangbe ruler of the Kingdom of Dahomey (now Benin) in 1718. The movie, “The Woman King” is loosely based on her.
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